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On the basis of symptoms, hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome caused by hantavirus infection is divided into following stages:The common symptoms of hantavirus infection are:<ref name="pmid28120221">{{cite journal |vauthors=Jiang H, Zheng X, Wang L, Du H, Wang P, Bai X |title=Hantavirus infection: a global zoonotic challenge |journal=Virol Sin |volume=32 |issue=1 |pages=32–43 |year=2017 |pmid=28120221 |doi=10.1007/s12250-016-3899-x |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid12521363">{{cite journal |vauthors=Lednicky JA |title=Hantaviruses. a short review |journal=Arch. Pathol. Lab. Med. |volume=127 |issue=1 |pages=30–5 |year=2003 |pmid=12521363 |doi=10.1043/0003-9985(2003)127<30:>2.0.CO;2 |url=}}</ref> | On the basis of symptoms, hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome caused by hantavirus infection is divided into following stages:The common symptoms of hantavirus infection are:<ref name="pmid28120221">{{cite journal |vauthors=Jiang H, Zheng X, Wang L, Du H, Wang P, Bai X |title=Hantavirus infection: a global zoonotic challenge |journal=Virol Sin |volume=32 |issue=1 |pages=32–43 |year=2017 |pmid=28120221 |doi=10.1007/s12250-016-3899-x |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid12521363">{{cite journal |vauthors=Lednicky JA |title=Hantaviruses. a short review |journal=Arch. Pathol. Lab. Med. |volume=127 |issue=1 |pages=30–5 |year=2003 |pmid=12521363 |doi=10.1043/0003-9985(2003)127<30:>2.0.CO;2 |url=}}</ref> | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Furqan M M. M.B.B.S[2]
Overview
The symptoms of hantavirus infection may include sudden fever, prostration, myalgia, and abdominal discomfort. Pulmonary and hemorrhagic symptoms may also arise in severe disease.
Symptoms
Common symptoms
The common symptoms of hantavirus infection are:[1]
- Sudden fever
- Prostration
- Myalgia
- Abdominal discomfort
Less common symptoms
In severe disease (cardiopulmonary or hemorrhagic fever), hantavirus infection can cause the following symptoms:The common symptoms of hantavirus infection are:[1]
- Dry cough
- Rapidly increasing dyspnea
- Petechiae
- Inflammatory symptoms of the eye
- Acute myopia
- Altered mental status
- Hypotension
Symptomatic stages of Hantavirus hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome
On the basis of symptoms, hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome caused by hantavirus infection is divided into following stages:The common symptoms of hantavirus infection are:[1][2]
- Prodormal (Febrile) stage: It includes fever, headache, malaise, myalgia, and abdominal discomfort
- Hemorrhagic: It may include flushing of the face or injection of the conjunctiva and mucous membranes, petechial rash, nausea, vomiting, and hypotension.
- Oliguric: Decreased urine output which may result in renal failure
- Polyuric: Diuretic phase
- Convalescent: This phase lasts for weeks to months.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Jiang H, Zheng X, Wang L, Du H, Wang P, Bai X (2017). "Hantavirus infection: a global zoonotic challenge". Virol Sin. 32 (1): 32–43. doi:10.1007/s12250-016-3899-x. PMID 28120221.
- ↑ Lednicky JA (2003). "Hantaviruses. a short review". Arch. Pathol. Lab. Med. 127 (1): 30–5. doi:10.1043/0003-9985(2003)127<30:>2.0.CO;2. PMID 12521363.